BERTL Announces BERTL's Best Spring 2009 Award Winners
FAIRFIELD, N.J., June 4, 2009 — BERTL, a leading independent testing facility for digital imaging devices and workflow
solutions, is pleased to announce that the winners of its BERTL's Best Spring 2009
Awards are now available at www.BERTL.com!
The economy may have been slow these past six months, but that hasn't stopped this industry from putting out some
impressive solutions and devices. BERTL analysts have had their hands full testing a great many of them and they're ready to share their choices for the BERTL's Best Spring 2009 Awards!
BERTL has presented the following winners with BERTL's Best Spring 2009 Awards: Canon, eCopy, EFI, Epson, Equitrac, FMAudit, Hewlett Packard, InfoPrint, IRIS, KIP, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Lexmark, Mutoh, Nuance,
Océ, OKI, Panasonic, Plustek, Print Audit, Ricoh, Sharp, Toshiba, and Xerox.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Over the years BERTL’s product testing range has become more diverse, spanning from desktop printers, to software, and
all the way to production and wide format. BERTL recognized this product diversity and has put into place several key
analysts with specific expertise in the digital imaging field.
DocuAudit Licenses FMAudit's Side-By-Side Database
Jefferson City, Missouri - March 2, 2009 - DocuAudit has signed a definitive agreement to license FMAudit's Side-By-Side database.
Since 2004 FMAudit has expanded quickly. When first entering the market, FMAudit focused on assessments, but has moved forward into remote monitoring of print devices that includes automated meters, device error reporting, and auto supplies replenishment. Today FMAudit monitors fleets of printers four times larger than its nearest rival. Along the way FMAudit has created a repository of printer devices including device and supply pricing data known as the FMAudit Side-By-Side.
FMAudit Releases Version 2.0 of it's Agent for Local Printer Support
Jefferson City, Missouri -September 17, 2008 - FMAudit is proud to announce version 2.0 of it's patent pending Agent.
Locally attached printers have been virtually impossible to manage. Simply put, the PC is a road-block. FMAudit released the first version of its Agent in 2005, for the first time removing this road-block. Today FMAudit released Agent version 2.0.
"Other companies make claims of what data they collect. Our users agree that FMAudit's comprehensive solution is both innovative and delivers superior data. We have learned over the last decade how crucial it is to provide mission critical data and reliability to our dealers." stated Greg Allen, COO of FMAudit, "With this philosophy and dedication in mind, it has allowed us to achieve the most comprehensive solution for our 750 dealers."
World Expo Offers Key Training on Business Opportunities
by Corey Smith for BERTL
The competitive landscape for toner resellers is increasing every year. The challenge for resellers is to find additional avenues of growth for revenue and increase profit margins in this very competitive environment. In addition to the challenges that resellers face in providing services end users have challengers of their own.
Resellers have long found an opportunity in providing toner and other consumables to their clients. With print volumes growing at a rate of 11% in 2007, those opportunities certainly are not going away. Vendors like Parts Now! and Static Control provide high quality consumables for resellers ensuring that resellers can meet the demands of the consumer.
This year at the World Expo from Recharger Magazine resellers received key training on many ways to improve their business opportunities. As toner rechargers and print resellers find increased competition, the opportunity for moving to managed print services becomes very compelling. Because print volumes are increasing, the opportunity of reselling consumables will not diminish, however, the way in which resellers compete will change.
FM Audit Launches New Branding and Website
[August 28, 2008 | Jefferson City, MO] FMAudit is proud to announce the launch of its new international brand and website. The new materials can be seen online at www.fmaudit.com.
“We believe we have developed the industry’s best suite of remote meter reading and managed print services technology,” said Kevin Tetu, President of FMAudit. “We knew our next job was to be able to communicate how that technology can be used to help our clients grow their businesses.”
“What Could You Do With FMAudit” is the theme of both the new website and a new advertising campaign. “We wanted to get resellers dreaming about how they could use our solutions to grow their business and reduce overhead.”
When you compare FMAudit to other offerings in the market, there are several key features that you can only get from FMAudit. The “solutions” section of the site highlights unique FMAudit solutions like WebAudit, TCO Reporting, Supply Triggered Marketing, Supply Triggered Delivery and Bi-Directional ERP Synchronization.
FMAudit helps put the "Automation" back into Pacific Office Automation
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI & SEATTLE WASHINGTON - August 4, 2008 - FMAudit’s technology continues to lead the pack with the largest fleet of monitored devices in the industry.
Under their new agreement, Pacific Office Automation (POA) will utilize FMAudit's new generation of print management technology for assessment, automated meter collection, supplies triggered delivery and supplies triggered marketing. Of the key decision factors, FMAudit's team has been pioneering related solutions since 1998, with extensive knowledge in print management and relationships with the majority of the OEM’s.
FMAudit Names Darrell Leven as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI - May 30, 2008 - FMAudit, LLC. announces the appointment of Darrell Leven as the Company's new Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Mr. Leven has over 30 years of experience in working with the copier dealer channel and has held senior sales and marketing positions with Modern Business Systems (IKON), OMD Corporation and Automated Dispatch Systems, Inc. In his new role, Mr. Leven will be responsible for sales, marketing and strategic business development.
FMAudit and Learning Outsource Group form strategic alliance to accelerate successful implementation of dealer managed print services technology and sales strategy
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI & ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA - May 2, 2008 - FMAudit has announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Learning Outsource Group to assist FMAudit clients with their development and implementation of an effective and sustainable managed print services offering. This unique alliance is a continuation of FMAudit’s mission and commitment to provide a seamless solution to improved productivity & profitability to the document imaging dealer market. The objective of this alliance is unique, in that it not only addresses why a dealership should offer Managed Print Services, but it contains the critical steps a dealer needs to implement to make it a reality.
Enable Commerce Announces Strategic Relationship with FM Audit
FORT WORTH, TEXAS AND JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI - April 16, 2008 - Enable Commerce (or “Enable”), the leading online supply chain for technology products, office products and the education markets announces a strategic sourcing and distribution relationship with FMAudit, the leading provider of solutions for remote and automated supply replenishment and meter collection.
“We are excited to work with FMAudit,” said Rusty Wood, CEO of Enable Commerce. “FMAudit’s customers can now leverage their investment to provide direct access and fulfillment to more than 30,000 products through Enable’s technology platform. This will help enhance the dealer to end-user relationships, reduce inventories, and stream-line the ordering and fulfillment process, removing both parties from the supplies replenishment workflow.”
